Entry and Exit Criteria

These criteria are used to define any pre-requisite items that must be completed prior to entering or completing a phase of testing. The criteria amount to a checklist of items that are agreed with stakeholders, business resources, 3rd parties and the test function to ensure that an agreed level of quality is achieved before the work is signed off. A separate but similar view of this is Acceptance Criteria which is specifically tailored to UAT Completion and relatesto the acceptance of the software and processes into Production.